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Resolute conduct. Perseverance with awareness of danger.
Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Absalom and Achitophel, Part i, Line 174...
Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
-- Susan B. Anthony...
Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
-- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), English poet, "Self Dependence...
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. -- Benjamin Frankli
Resort: a place where the tired grow more tired.
Resorting to lawyers is proof of failure. -- Solomon Sho
RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a _liaison_ between a bald head and a bank account.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing some of the most important things in life.
Unless you give yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live. -- Wil...

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